[alanning]

Interesting! I didn't know about `CTRL+C`.

You may like to also try `CTRL+[`. It's the telnet escape character and seems to be a general substitute for ESC on OSX, Windows, and I think Linux too. I find it pretty quick since my hands can work together.

Another handy tip I ran across was to remap CAPS LOCK to CTRL. Quite nice for both Vim and Emacs users once you get used to it.